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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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